The British allies took the new Challenger 1 Tanks to their first combat tour, and the Soviet T72 tanks employed by the Iraqis were no match to this colossus, the spiritual descendant of the ...

Army preparing tanks for cross-country trip to DC for military parade The Army on Wednesday began preparing to ship Abrams tanks from its base in Fort Cavazos, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to ...

THE Centurion tank, launched in 1945, is celebrating its 80th anniversary. The Centurion, a major engineering success for the British Army, was created at the end of the Second World War.

So too did an IT specialist in Canberra who “always wanted a tank” but had no idea about how to go about restoring his Australian-made 1950s era Centurion tank.

The T-34 isn't the only tank in service that's eligible for a senior-citizen discount. The American M3 Stuart also has yet to quit, and operational variants of the Brit's Centurion tank can still ...

This and other incidents led the British army to outfit, as soon as 1945, new Centurion tanks with "boiling vessels," special water boilers that allowed for shorter and safer tea and food breaks ...

In 1953, a Centurion was parked with the engine running 500 yards away from where a 9.1 kiloton bomb was dropped. The ensuing explosion moved the tank five feet.

Development of the Centurion began in 1943 when the British Army called for a new cruiser tank equipped with at least a 17-pounder (76.2mm) gun. They wanted a fast tank that was able to perform ...

The tanks that Israel used in 1973 would not have been out of place in 1943. The British-made Centurion was designed during World War II, while the US-made M48 Patton went into production in 1952.